The more they dig into President Bakers death, the further away from the truth they seem to get. In true Tal Bauer fashion this is just the beginning of the chaos. After his world implodes with the death of his best friend, he and Sean reconnect and clear the air about the events of their one-night stand. Jonathan thought he had finally found someone he could connect with and in the process give up control in certain areas of his private life. He feels guilty for his actions that night and cut himself off from Jonathan, as a form of penance.

All the while Sean is trying to sort out the repercussions of the one nightstand.

As the clues and evidence mount, the suspect list narrows. After an intense drunken one-night stand with Sean a year before, Jonathan turns to Sean, the only person he trusts to solve the mystery of the President’s death. Jonathan was the best friend of President Baker and from clues left behind, he suspects there is more to Baker’s death. As he and his fellow agents rush into the President’s quarters to find him dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.Īs the country mourns the loss of President Baker, the Vice President – now President – Jonathan Sharp, enlists the help of Sean Avery to ferret out the truth. Sean Avery is the Secret Service Agent on duty when the gunshot rings out across the Camp David compound. But who were they protecting him from – himself or a mystery killer? What is the absolute worst nightmare for a secret service agent… Failing to protect the President. Tal also draws on his vast knowledge of the alphabet agencies, creating an even more believable world and sucks you in the story even more. In true Tal Bauer fashion, he incorporates an extremely strong female character, Colonel Lacy Hendricks – Chief Medical Examiner of the Armed Forces, into this story. There is a diversified cast in this story from Foreign Leaders to Secret Service agents. This story is a standalone and once again highlights his characterizations and world building. The Night Of is another brilliant addition to this author’s resume. ***This M/M romantic suspense features smoldering forbidden love and a May/December second chance romance that ignites your pages. Now Jonathan’s in the crosshairs, and if I don’t figure out what really happened that night at Camp David, the love of my life might be the next president to die. I’ve got a dead president inside a locked room.

The deeper I dig, the more things fall apart. And the guy he doesn’t believe put a bullet in his brain?

The guy who called me? My ex, Vice President Jonathan Sharp. He calls in an investigator he knows to take a second look, certain there’s more going on. You’ve heard this story before: a guy supposedly kills himself, but his best friend can’t accept it.

Secret service by tal bauer